Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2022-1049

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity improper authentication in clusterlabs/pcs. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.0% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.0%top 19.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in the Pacemaker configuration tool (pcs). The pcs daemon was allowing expired accounts, and accounts with expired passwords to login when using PAM authentication. Therefore, unprivileged expired accounts that have been denied access could still login.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8pcs0.10.14-5.el8.almaALSA-2022:7447
AlmaLinux:9pcs0.11.3-4.el9ALSA-2022:7935
AlmaLinux:8pcs-snmp0.10.14-5.el8.almaALSA-2022:7447
AlmaLinux:9pcs-snmp0.11.3-4.el9ALSA-2022:7935
Debian:12pcs0.11.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1049
Debian:13pcs0.11.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1049
Debian:14pcs0.11.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1049
Rocky Linux:8pcs0:0.10.14-5.el8RLSA-2022:7447
Rocky Linux:9pcs0:0.11.3-4.el9_1.1RLSA-2022:7935

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a clusterlabs/pcs pcs versions <= v0.11.2

Weakness: CWE-287

References